Rocks & Water Painting Workshop | Grasby Art Studio Calgary

Rocks & Water Painting Workshops | Grasby Art Studio Calgary

Imagine spending a relaxed morning in a warm, light-filled studio — brush in hand, learning to capture the shimmer of water and the texture of stone on canvas. That is exactly what awaits you in our Rocks & Water painting workshops.

These sessions are designed to help you master two of the most rewarding landscape elements, building on the foundations you already have.

What You'll Learn

Painting rock form, weight and surface texture
Moving water — flow, transparency and reflection
Building depth with colour temperature and value
Composing a scene with a clear focal area

In the studio

Rock is the drawing and water is the light — get the ledges right and the falls almost paint themselves.

Student drawing the falling water into a grey limestone waterfall canvas, reference photo in hand, Rocks & Water workshop, Grasby Art Studio, NW Calgary — Drawing the water in, reference photo in hand

Student working the pink and ochre rock ledges of a stepped waterfall canvas, Rocks & Water workshop, Grasby Art Studio, NW Calgary — Rock first, water second — the order that works

Student blending the falling water on a mossy green waterfall canvas with a pastel stick, Rocks & Water workshop, Grasby Art Studio, NW Calgary — Softening a fall with a pastel stick

Student beside her finished painting of a wide stepped cascade falling into a turquoise pool, Rocks & Water workshop, Grasby Art Studio, NW Calgary — A finished cascade, four sessions in

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Fall 2026 Dates

Two series run this fall — choose whichever suits your schedule.

Saturdays · 1:00 – 4:00 PM — October 17, 24, 31 & November 7, 2026
Wednesdays · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM — November 25, December 2, 9 & 16, 2026

Cost

$95 — single workshop
$360 — full four-workshop series

Working with Teresa

These intermediate workshops are led by studio founder Teresa Grasby. Teresa takes on the subjects artists find most challenging and shares the efficient process she has developed for them, worked in a loose, expressive style. Most artists use the four sessions to build one large-format canvas — a finished feature wall painting to take home.

Details

Level: Intermediate — for artists who have completed our Beginners series, or who have equivalent experience
Duration: 3 hours per workshop
Class size: 8 artists maximum
Location: Grasby Art Studio, 6520 Bowness Road NW, Calgary

Supplies

We provide all the specialty supplies this workshop needs. Please bring a basic supply kit and a canvas with you on each workshop day — the three primaries plus black and white, a small palette knife, a disposable palette and a variety of brushes. If you’re missing something, individual supplies, canvases and full kits are at the front desk.

How to Register

Choose the full series for all four workshops, or a single date to try one.
Booking more than one single date? Add each one to your cart separately.

Can't make these dates? Email us with your availability — more workshops in this theme are coming in the new year.